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Action in the junior ISSA Urban Netball Competition final at thee St Andrew’s High School for Girls yesterday.
December 18, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Wolmer’s, Gaynstead claim urban netball titles

Defending champions Wolmer’s Girls’ and Gaynstead High ruled supreme yesterday in the ISSA Urban Schoolgirl junior and senior netball finals at St Andrew High School, scoring exciting wins over their…
Weest Indies Under-19 captain Joshua Dorne.
December 18, 2025

Dorne to lead West Indies Under-19s at ICC World Cup

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): After leading the West Indies Under-19s to series wins over Sri Lanka and England, Joshua Dorne will captain the side at next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup. Cricket West…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy club captain, Daniel Green, is awarded the Golden Ball after the Concacaf Caribbean Cup final against Universidad O&M at the National Stadium on December 2.
December 18, 2025

Mount Pleasant dominate Caribbean Cup’s Best XI

MIAMI, Florida (CMC): The curtains have closed on a thrilling 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, concluding with Jamaica’s Mount Pleasant FA hoisting their maiden trophy. While the champions etched their…
PRINCE AMAAN (right), ridden by Robert Halledeen, wins the second running of the Racehorse Aftercare Trophy ahead of CHAMPION BUBBLER (Jajay Sooko) at Caymanas Park on November 22.
December 18, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Razor-sharp claimers go in chase of speedy Prince Amaan

A winner in open overnight-allowance winners a month ago, PRINCE AMAAN has tumbled two levels lower to face $1.5-million claimers in Saturday’s fourth event at five and a half furlongs. Claimed at the…
Then Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women’s Champions League final football match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 16, 2021.
December 18, 2025

UK threatens court action over Abramovich’s Chelsea sale proceeds

LONDON (AP): Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been given a final chance to turn over the 2.5 billion pounds (US$3.25 billion) he promised to give victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine from the…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the match schedule reveal for the 2026 football World Cup in Washington on Saturday, December 6.
December 18, 2025

World Cup winners to get record US$50 million

MANCHESTER, England (AP): The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive a record jackpot of US$50 million, FIFA said yesterday. That figure is up from US$42 million in 2022 and US$38 million in 2018.…
Valerenga’s Mawa Sesay (left) and Paris FC’s Celina Ould Hocine challenge for the ball during the Women’s Champions League football match in Oslo, Norway on December 10.
December 18, 2025

Women’s Club World Cup dates confirmed

DOHA, Qatar (AP): The inaugural Women’s Club World Cup will be staged in January 2028, FIFA said yesterday. No host nation has been confirmed, but the January 5-30 tournament will likely be staged in…
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz (right) poses with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after winning the final match of the French Tennis Open against Italy’s Jannik Sinner at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris on June 8.
December 18, 2025

Alcaraz ends seven-year partnership with coach Ferrero

AP: Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is parting ways with his longtime coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who guided him to the pinnacle of men’s tennis during a remarkably successful seven-year…
Excelsior High School’s Damarley Williams (left) rounds Eltham High School’s Kevin Clarke during the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup semi-finals at the National Stadium yesterday.
December 17, 2025 by Livingston Scott

‘WE’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH’

Jamaica College, preseason favourites, and Excelsior High School, the darkhorses, will contest this season’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup final after the two enjoyed similarly comfortable wins during…